Biden’s win in Georgia reaffirmed after a hand recount

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp certified the state’s presidential election results on Dec. 7 in favor of Biden following a second hand recount which was completed at the Trump campaign’s behest.  

Results of the second recount, available on the official state website, show Biden as the winner with a margin of 11,779 votes. The recount of 5 million votes, whose costs are footed by taxpayers per Georgia state law, has been met with continued accusations of voter fraud from Trump and his supporters. 

During a press conference last Tuesday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger pinned the responsibility of growing threats against election workers on Trump. Raffensperger said that the “violent rhetoric” has resulted from Trump’s insistence that the results of the presidential election are fraudulent. 

Despite Raffensperger’s concerns, Trump has continued to peddle election conspiracy theories and tweeted: “expose the massive voter fraud in Georgia.” 

In an attempt to block Georgia from pledging its 16 electors to Biden, Trump’s legal team filed a fresh lawsuit on Dec. 4, urging the state court to order a new election and cited, “tens of thousands of illegal votes,” in a press statement. 

On the same day, a news release from Raffensperger’s office mentioned that Kemp has joined efforts by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to expose election incongruities. 

Saturday morning, Trump called Kemp to request that state legislatures overturn election results, according to the Washington Post. This came only hours before the president’s campaign staged a rally in Georgia, where Trump falsely claimed victory in the state. 

The president also urged voters to turn their attention towards the upcoming January runoff election for two U.S. Senate races. “You must go vote,” he said. “They cheated and rigged our presidential election but we will still win it.”